Authorities said both drivers had suspended licenses but were able to obtain new ones from the Department of Motor Vehicles by using bogus Social Security numbers, fake names, and different birth dates.

“In each case, the new motor vehicle licenses were intended to cover licenses that were suspended as long ago as 15 years ago,” Queens District Attorney Richard Brown told CBS 2’s John Slattery. “One of the drivers drove special needs kids.”

Mel Marion, who works for the Little Richie Bus Service, was arrested Thursday morning shortly after starting his bus route.

Marion had just picked up a special needs child and was pulled over by two detectives from the Queens District Attorney’s Office before he went to pick up the second child on his route, officials said.